diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modinst b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
index ff9b09e4cfca..2e2e31696fd6 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ suffix-$(CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ)	:= .xz
 suffix-$(CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_ZSTD)	:= .zst
 
 modules := $(patsubst $(extmod_prefix)%, $(dst)/%$(suffix-y), $(modules))
+ifneq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
+extmod_suffix := $(subst /,_,$(subst .,_,$(subst -,_,$(KBUILD_EXTMOD))))
+modules += $(dst)/modules.order.$(extmod_suffix)
+endif
 
 __modinst: $(modules)
 	@:
@@ -82,6 +86,12 @@ $(dst)/%.ko: $(extmod_prefix)%.ko FORCE
 	$(call cmd,strip)
 	$(call cmd,sign)
 
+ifneq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
+$(dst)/modules.order.$(extmod_suffix): $(MODORDER) FORCE
+	$(call cmd,install)
+	@sed -i "s:^$(KBUILD_EXTMOD):$(INSTALL_MOD_DIR):g" $@
+endif
+
 else
 
 $(dst)/%.ko: FORCE